BUL Jinja FC


BIDCO Uganda Limited Jinja Football Club, also BUL Jinja FC, is a Ugandan football club from Jinja, in the Eastern Region of the country. The club is owned by the Jinja-based BIDCO Uganda Limited. They play in the top tier division of Ugandan football, the Uganda Premier League and play there home games at FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru.

History

The club was founded in 2006-2007 as Bidco Co. departmental competitions with an intent of corporate social responsibility to market and promote Bidco Products, through which they developed the idea of joining Fufa associated leagues.
The team played in the FUFA Super League for the first time in 2011 and finished thirteenth out of sixteen teams in the league that season.

Achievements

Initial club management was spearheaded by football fanatic Rupesh and Rao Kodey then company treasurer and managing director respectively. The current administration is composed of the club's directors Sankha Chatterjee and Leo Deng Hao, chairperson Ronald Barente, Vice Chairman Martin Ocitti, Club CEO Joseph Mutaka and the team manager Alex Isabirye.

Stadium

Currently the team plays at the 1,000 capacity Kakindu Municipal Stadium, which they share with another football club, Jinja Municipal Council Football Club.

Coaches

The head coach in the 2020/2021 Uganda Premier League season is Arthur Kyesimira, at one time a left winger with the Uganda national football team, the Uganda Cranes. The other team coaches include Peter Onen, David Kiwanuka, and Bright Dhaira.

Competitions

  • BUL FC participated in the 2022 CAF confederations cup Preliminary round, losing to Future FC of Egypt.
  • The club is currently taking part in the 2022–2023 Uganda Premier League.